, 1887-08-18

P09E.!ss 5 his .ove FOR music. When but 4
little fellow lie would go up to the Creas
nsr:s-~ 10 hear the violin play for the dancers.
Tie fiddler, lie sIvs, did not play common
airs. but the les: musk. and while De listened
the iitll. yellow boy under the window forgot
everything else. Love Of music drew Lim to
liz Methodist meetings for tie singing was
music TO him, and he jg.Hel in Titi e viii,
Il was at the.e meetings lie be-au u ST .ell in
public, and discovered bow well h c-Ild talk
and tA= pleasure IL being praised for the
sague. When a Sunday school exhibition h.-
the free negroes was IN prospect LIE found q
chance for exercising lis budding ora -oEy-
He bought = speaker with tie TIPS Els
master nal given him Tor hIaciiI- boots and
selected q piece with q plenty Of b-.r words
q college Grafton wherein was exp0unded
what man c,rl do by inn 7rination. D fIe words
were Gr.s.- t. him, Duc Ee particularly liked
rolling oIt: He can soar a.off where stars
-litt-.. on the lna.t!a nf E-..at and a more
ciful--l.t sun lights up the L.--.I-5 of l..sr..-
.u-.'
Talking with Frederic, D.USlsss one is
sometimes inclined to think t.Iat. int -r.StiTg
aS his autobiography J. II doe Iog contain
many of the most interesting experiences OF
his life. those he once thought. perhaps IN
significant to the public. On his wife'~ Piano
at Cedar Hill YOU may see the very sllIe
music book that he slipped into his bundle
when he skipped out of Maryland. 1t Is
worth something TO see him standing with his
violin singing with Mrs. Douglass those old
"Seraph~ hymns II you breakfast with him
on Il Sunday morning he will pass you with
his own hand the Maryland biscuits. and is il
not worth knowing that iaey are just like the
biscuits Miss LUcrc.il" Used % give him
when half starved isr san UU'!rr h-r dining
room w.n!ow: Il I=-j 10 wish c.uii have
my till Of them. and HuE- J mean 10 nave, you
gee"
There WIS living i'll Washington year or
50 ago an Old coiored man, who was q fellow
slave with Fred, a he still call, him. His
wife was tie daughter of the old fiddler Of
the great house. Hearing them talk
toSether-the recorder Of the District Of
Columbia, and the tender oi a furnace in the
Capitot-lGuTi;ius mgrI'iiy over "reminiscences
Of the plantation, was a unique experience.
No. dOU't remember anything special that
Fred used to do in them d1ys," said the old
man in reply i" probing inquiry, only he j, $
wouldn't IL. put upon and wanted u boss
everything" Frederick DuU-ia-s LaI the
strange pleasure OF shaking hands not many
years ago viii, the sheriff VINO locked him Ep
in the Ea,tOm Jail. after he had been G,le.-ed
with tied hands behind a ior--, for tt.'.'!ting
to run away. 1t Is Gn secret tia; lee l.... i.arn
a benefactOr of the family Of his old i:i;!ater.
II is said that the Hon. Frederick Douglass
is not the eloquent orator that Fred Douglass
used TO be. True, there is great difference
between his calm addresses Of today-his
scholarly paper upon William the Silent, for
instaEce-and the fiery outbuIsts of his pent
up powers when the fugitive slave bill was
passed. Given the occasion, the gospel
and Frederick Douglass would speak to-
day rs powerfully as eyer. The old Ire
Is there. 1t flushed and famed At de
batting society OF EoUnE CDloTsd men
not long before he sailed for Europe. The
/ subject under discussion wss the right Of
women 10 the ballot. Douglass was expected
10 attend the meeting and Douglass was lit
tie late. The room was crowded with the
co!ored men of Washington. he question Of
his leadership was proved that night The
opening Of the meeting was postponed
: until he should come. When his T!.itc
head was seen at the entrance there
was spontaneous and hearty cheering
Douglass was called upon to close the de
bate, and it was i'll lis summary OF the
question, his defense of WonaiI's right 20 til,
ballot that he was lei into "reminiscences oi
the old conflict for hIs Tace-aHd ti.e DOu,,ja
OF anti-slavery DAYS WAS back again.
The reports circulated ti.tr Frederick Doug
lass is worth ut least S1Ji Ul0 are without
foundation. He Is Iegh,s' worth nearly one
tliiyi ui that sum. Ills mai! il o7cr.. den with
letter isvg Eing-ycS. ia some cl-as demand
ing a-st-;Iur'. - is.lpai fga>. yr..r Ia,.-.--
j. ) .i- :ai- y.'i ,..-& r,- .-..v l.Iv..... -
l. g.. Fey f.'. r .-.--E- -- as..e.... Sc l...le
10. f. l'i .,.l "t. ..s,- !. ..,. E.. i>!#-uI
0pr4- tur -. owing a. .s- r.IiT5:t.i.
''-ful / ri-rJ :..... 80. -g % ---1.. i..-I-.
,I..,, lat he 's.. = :.l-lH.' oL i:.- Logging
!etlcrS, ana n!os:-...i. -.
JASr 2iAaTE "Al.=@a-